Bacteremia and polyarticular septic arthritis secondary to in a pregnant patient with HIV who injects drugs.

Case Presentation: We report a rare case of bacteremia and polyarticular septic arthritis in a 37-year-old pregnant woman with HIV who injects drugs. Two sets of blood cultures obtained 5 hours apart were positive for gram-negative bacilli, and purulent fluid was present intra-operatively from both her left knee and her right third MCP joints.

Diagnosis: Organism identification using ligation sequencing confirmed both her blood culture and synovial tissue isolates as .

Managing patients with heart failure: contemporary real-world experience.

Objective: Heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease with growing numbers of patients and a significant compromise in quality of life and high mortality. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the current practices in managing patients with HF among patients admitted to the hospital and discharged with a primary diagnosis of HF and patients managed in the heart function clinic.

Results: This study is a retrospective chart review of patients admitted to the hospital and discharged with a primary diagnosis of HF.